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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
The pandemic is almost nonexistent where I live. I have gone to craft classes, attended a rodeo, drank beer at a local craft brewery, ate in restaurants, went to an employee appreciation luncheon, attended a night of readings at a writers’ retreat, and gone places with others in a personal vehicle in the last couple of months. It feels wonderful to get back acting normal. The photo is of an acrylic poured painting I did at my friend’s house. Everything we went through with the pandemic still seems surreal and mixed up, like the painting.
November 12, 2022
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We hear a lot these days about the economic impact of the pandemic. Has this been on your mind? If so, tell us what you're thinking.
The situation is pretty.... bleak? For my friends. Maybe challenging is the word. For those who aren’t going to graduate school in the fall, everyone (except 1 person) is unemployed. They had jobs lined up but then the programs were cancelled because of the pandemic. Or They couldn’t find a job. Or they couldn’t find a job relevant to their degree (being underemployed). My friends are all middle or upper middle class and have decent relationships with their family, so they have comfortable homes to sleep in and food to eat. Though I wonder how others who aren’t so financially secure or emotionally safe are faring. I hope people give the class of 2020 a break.
July 6, 2020